(March 19, 2019 at 8:17 am)Belaqua Wrote:(March 19, 2019 at 6:16 am)Der/die AtheistIn Wrote: Usually when I wake up I have no memories of what I've dreamed. Sometimes I know what is happening in a dream right before waking up, and after I wake up I completely forget the dream. My sleep is pretty deep, is it because of that?
I took benzodiazepine sleeping pills for a long time, not realizing how strong and habit-forming they are. Getting off them was difficult, but it meant that my sleep was weird and I had odd and elaborate dreams. I remembered those really well.
They were so detailed, believable, and creative it was amazing -- I made up all that stuff! It makes you wonder how much your mind makes up while you're awake!
I think that we are constantly making it up while awake. So much research has found that our memories are mostly fiction. And it isn't simply a matter of us filling in faded memories with fiction. We make up false memories immediately, on the spot.
We do not inherit the world from our parents. We borrow it from our children.
